My internet at home is back up which means I can post pictures once again.
Before I post pictures of them I'd like to note some interesting behavior on the older RTM "la bruja". I've noticed that they "play dead" when I'm around and actually try to convince me of it when my hands are in the tank during water changes. They hold their position to the point that I can touch them before they decide to dart off. The younger ones are unafraid of me but the 3 older ones all exhibit this behavior. I have not taken any good pictures of the Large male and female my mom brought a few weeks ago. This is the first female I brought over in August. She is fully converted on to pellets and prepared foods. If you've seen my threads before, this is the same one. She exhibits alot of hunting behavior looking for food on the tank floor and in the nooks and crannies of the rocks. You will also note her color has changed alot from a yellowish orange to a reddish orange.
this is her in el salvador and the following pic is her a month into keeping her as you may notice her color has changed quite a bit.
These are the two younger of the four RTM that my mom brought me on Dec. 12th from El Salvador along with the following convicts in the next set of Pics.
These two RTM began eating food immediately and are growing quite fast. The larger one is an obvious male while the smaller one is teetering at the moment but it's looking to end up male as well. A month longer and i will know for sure. Check out the color difference from the first stressful days to more recently.
the larger of the two smaller.
1st day
2nd day
This is recently.
This is the color it will most likely stay as the males we caught displayed this awesome rich lemon yellow color.
Here is a dead male in el salvador to reference the yellow I am talking about.
This is the younger of the two smaller RTM overthrowing his/her tormentor, an equal sized umbee. I actually need to get rid of the umbee if you are interested PM me. 10.00. He is getting chased around a bit too much.
These little convicts are awesome displaying really cool behavior including shaking their bodies against the ground stirring up debris and food. I've only seen a con do that once and only when it had fry. They both do it on a regular basis. Very aggressive little bastards. There color is cool changing from an olive green to copper tones with a strip of blue down the middle when the light hits just right, and the lips are blue! Shame that both were males.
This is the Guavina, from "rio anamoros", that we caught. That is the name it is locally known by.
I still don't know what it is. It acts like a goby hovering alot and resting on rocks, plants, and wood. I was searching and found something similar on mongabay but the picture only showed the head. The name was something like G. Nudu. It is pretty aggressive. I was surprised at how outgoing it has become and that it even learned to take sinking carnivore pellets. All ambush predator and hits food lightning fast.
excuse the dirty glass.
Before I post pictures of them I'd like to note some interesting behavior on the older RTM "la bruja". I've noticed that they "play dead" when I'm around and actually try to convince me of it when my hands are in the tank during water changes. They hold their position to the point that I can touch them before they decide to dart off. The younger ones are unafraid of me but the 3 older ones all exhibit this behavior. I have not taken any good pictures of the Large male and female my mom brought a few weeks ago. This is the first female I brought over in August. She is fully converted on to pellets and prepared foods. If you've seen my threads before, this is the same one. She exhibits alot of hunting behavior looking for food on the tank floor and in the nooks and crannies of the rocks. You will also note her color has changed alot from a yellowish orange to a reddish orange.
this is her in el salvador and the following pic is her a month into keeping her as you may notice her color has changed quite a bit.
These are the two younger of the four RTM that my mom brought me on Dec. 12th from El Salvador along with the following convicts in the next set of Pics.
These two RTM began eating food immediately and are growing quite fast. The larger one is an obvious male while the smaller one is teetering at the moment but it's looking to end up male as well. A month longer and i will know for sure. Check out the color difference from the first stressful days to more recently.
the larger of the two smaller.
1st day
2nd day
This is recently.
This is the color it will most likely stay as the males we caught displayed this awesome rich lemon yellow color.
Here is a dead male in el salvador to reference the yellow I am talking about.
This is the younger of the two smaller RTM overthrowing his/her tormentor, an equal sized umbee. I actually need to get rid of the umbee if you are interested PM me. 10.00. He is getting chased around a bit too much.
These little convicts are awesome displaying really cool behavior including shaking their bodies against the ground stirring up debris and food. I've only seen a con do that once and only when it had fry. They both do it on a regular basis. Very aggressive little bastards. There color is cool changing from an olive green to copper tones with a strip of blue down the middle when the light hits just right, and the lips are blue! Shame that both were males.
This is the Guavina, from "rio anamoros", that we caught. That is the name it is locally known by.
I still don't know what it is. It acts like a goby hovering alot and resting on rocks, plants, and wood. I was searching and found something similar on mongabay but the picture only showed the head. The name was something like G. Nudu. It is pretty aggressive. I was surprised at how outgoing it has become and that it even learned to take sinking carnivore pellets. All ambush predator and hits food lightning fast.
excuse the dirty glass.
